Bitdefender Anti-Virus Engine Incorporated in SpamTitan v7.00

A new version of TitanHQ’s cloud-based anti-spam service and anti-spam software was released on March 5, 2018. SpamTitan version 7.00 includes patches for recently identified vulnerabilities in the ClamAV antivirus engine and a change to the primary AV engine used by the solution.

The primary anti-virus engine of SpamTitan version 7.00 is provided by the Romanian firm Bitdefender. Bitdefender is an award-winning antivirus engine that provides exceptional email protection against malware, viruses, and ransomware. Combined with the secondary AV engine – ClamAV – users benefit from excellent protection against email-based malware and ransomware attacks. The dual AV engines ensure malicious software is not delivered to end users’ inboxes via email attachments.

The change to Bitdefender was a natural choice and TitanHQ is planning to further its strategic relationship with the Romanian cybersecurity firm over the coming weeks and months. The change to the primary AV engine will be unnoticeable to current users, who will continue to be protected from malicious threats.

The update to the latest version will not happen automatically. Customers who have ‘prefetch of system updates’ enabled on their SpamTitan installations will be able to see the latest version in their list of available updates and can manually trigger the update to the new version. Customers who do not have that option enabled need to “check for updates” via their user interface.

Customers have been advised to read the documentation accompanying the latest version prior to installation as it includes important information on how the update should be applied. TitanHQ explains that it is not possible to update from v4 or v5 of the platform to SpamTitan version 7.00 without first installing version 6 of the platform.

Customers should note that the update must be performed before May 1, 2018 to ensure continued protection, as support for the Kaspersky AV engine – used in all versions of SpamTitan prior to v7 – will cease on that date. TitanHQ has also informed customers that support for v4 and v5 of SpamTitan will also stop on May 1, 2018.

SpamTitan v7.00 includes patches for the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12376, CVE-2017-12377, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380. All of those vulnerabilities exist in ClamAV. The latest version also improves protection against DoS attacks and should be applied as soon as possible. The update will take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete.

MSPs: Meet TitanHQ at this Year’s Datto Roadshows

TitanHQ is pleased to announce that the team will be attending several Datto Roadshows this year, including the Datto Roadshow in Tampa on January 16, 2018.

The Datto roadshows are exciting events for managed service providers (MPS). Attendees get the opportunity to meet the Datto team and other managed service providers and gain valuable insights and useful advice to help turn 2018 into a highly profitable year.

The roadshows feature several deep dives, where the latest product releases and tech will be showcased to help MSPs get the most out of products and add new services to their stack.

The Deep Dives at the Tampa show will include Datto Networking, Datto SaaS Protection, and Ransomware Protection.

The Datto Networking Deep Dive gives MSPs the opportunity to learn how to boost MMR with the most MSP-centric networking product line in the world. Datto will be explaining its industry leading cloud backup and data recovery solutions in the Datto SaaS Protection Deep Dive.

The current ransomware epidemic has companies crying out for solutions that can help them to prevent attacks and recover quickly when disaster strikes. This creates an ideal opportunity for MSPs to improve their bottom lines by offering ransomware protection and recovery services. There will be a deep dive on ransomware where attendees will discover best practices to adopt to ensure clients are protected and data are secured.

The Tampa event will also see the Passportal team on hand to explain how clients can be protected from the full range of current cybersecurity threats and how MSPs can help their clients prevent data breaches, while lowering costs and increasing value.

TitanHQ will be on hand to explain the opportunities that exist in cloud-based spam filtering, web filtering and email archiving services, and how straightforward (and profitable) it is to provide these services to clients.

Additionally, the event is a great networking opportunity where MSPs can speak to other Datto partners and gain valuable tips to help them improve productivity, cut costs, and boost profits.

If you are unable to attend the Tampa event, don’t worry. There will be many other Datto Roadshows taking place over the coming weeks. The TitanHQ team will be attending several of these events.

The full schedule of Datto Roadshows in Q1, 2018 is listed below:

Location Date
Orlando, FL February 6, 2018
Albuquerque, NM February 8, 2018
Houston, TX February 13, 2018
Long Beach, CA February 13, 2018
Dallas, TX February 15, 2018
Baltimore, MD March 6, 2018
San Francisco, CA March 6, 2018
San Juan, Puerto Rico March 8, 2018
Sacramento, CA March 8, 2018
Phoenix, AZ March 13, 2018
Norwalk, CT March 13, 2018
Columbus, OH March 20, 2018
Detroit, MI March 22 2018
Rochester, NY March 27, 2018
Toronto, Canada March 29, 2018

SpamTitan Attracts Top Marks on Business Software Review Site

Businesses have to deal with thousands of spam emails each day. Each employee may spend just a few minutes each day dealing with spam emails, but that time could be much better spent on other tasks. Multiply those minutes by the number of employees and it adds up to a significant loss of productivity.

At best, spam email is a nuisance and a drain on productivity. But it is not just nuisance emails that arrive in inboxes. Businesses face a barrage of phishing emails, and malware and ransomware are usually delivered via email.

All it takes is for one employee to be fooled by a malicious email for a network to be compromised, credentials to be revealed, and for files to be encrypted by ransomware. The cost of dealing with those attacks can be considerable.

The solution is to deploy an advanced spam filter that will scan all incoming messages for spam signatures, check email attachments for malware, and assess embedded hyperlinks that would otherwise direct employees to phishing websites and exploit kits. Spam and malicious emails are then quarantined, while genuine emails are delivered without delay.

SpamTitan Attracts Top Marks from Users

To help businesses fend off spam email and ransomware attacks, TitanHQ developed SpamTitan. SpamTitan anti-spam software subjects all incoming emails to a Bayesian analysis. Emails are analyzed for spam signatures and the system ‘learns’ from new spam email campaigns ensuring it remains up to date and copes with new spamming tactics.

Greylisting is used as an additional spam control – Requests are made for suspect messages to be resent. Since spam servers are busy, the delay in messages being resent helps to identify and block more spam messages. These and other controls ensure SpamTitan blocks more than 99.9% of spam email, and ensure a false positive rate of less than 0.03%.

While many spam solutions are difficult to implement and troublesome to maintain, SpamTitan can be configured in minutes and has a low management overhead.

SpamTitan has also been attracting top reviews from users, in particular for ease of implementation and use, high spam capture rates, low false positives and for TitanHQ’s industry-leading customer service.

On the business software review website Capterra, SpamTitan has been awarded 4.5/5 points overall and has received top marks for technical support and customer service.

Some of the positive comments from users of SpamTitan are listed below:

“I like that once you have configured it, you basically forget about it. It just works seamlessly and you don’t worry about it.”

“It has been great stopping emails that bring spam or ransomware. We used to get hundreds of bad emails and now we don’t.”

“The 100% uptime, ease of use, flexibility, customization options, seamless updates, clustering, and support folks who are easy to work with.”

“Wonderful product that I will recommend to every network/systems administrator.”

“It has taken so much workload off of our servers and IT staff. We still run all our security software and best practices but our AV software has barely caught anything with SpamTitan catching all the bad guys. “

Benefits of SpamTitan

SpamTitan is costs as little as $17 a month for 10 users and the solution requires no software downloads or hardware purchases. Setup takes just a few minutes and once it is up and running, there is next to no maintenance.

If you already have a spam solution in place and it is labor-intensive and complicated to use, you want to cut costs, or your solution has too many false positives and lets too much spam email through its filters, it is time to make a change.

If you have yet to implement a spam filter, claim back all the lost hours of productivity and improve your organization’s security with SpamTitan.

Contact the TitanHQ team today for further information, details of pricing, and to register for a free trial.

Gold Star SpamTitan Review in Recent Spam Filter Tests

New SpamTitan Review

Spam Filter Reviews, a website providing reviews of spam filtering solutions, has awarded TitanHQ’s SpamTitan with a glowing 4.9 gold star rating. The new SpamTitan review saw the product attract marks of 4.9/5 for both functionality and real-time emulation.

Each spam filtering product reviewed on the site is assessed on 18 different elements, with SpamTitan scoring highly on 16/18 of those elements.

The reviewers were particularly impressed with the ability to easily adjust scam scoring on all incoming emails, which allowed the spam filtering level to be fine-tuned to make spam filtering more aggressive or more lenient.

Another major plus was the ease at which quarantined messages can be checked. With any spam filtering solution, there will be false positives from time to time. Virus Bulletin reviews have shown SpamTitan’s false positive rate is particularly low – less than 0.03%. However, when legitimate messages do trigger the spam filter, checking those messages is straightforward.

In its review of SpamTitan, Spam Filter Reviews explained the ease at which quarantined messages can be safely viewed from the admin console. Users can view simple metrics such as the message date, recipient, envelope address, and message size, but also more detailed information using one of four different tabs.

SpamTitan lets users view the full HTML message, as well as the entire SMTP protocol header. If the email is genuine, users can quickly and easily release the message for delivery and whitelist the sender’s email address to ensure future messages are always delivered.

As Spam Filter Reviews points out, the ability to view the full body of a captured message is absent from many spam filtering solutions. This feature can save admin staff valuable time.

SpamTitan also rated particularly well on reporting. SpamTitan allows users to configure an extensive range of reports, providing users with all the information they need to measure inbound mail flow metrics. Spam Filter Reviews explained that many leading spam filtering solutions do not have such extensive spam reporting functionality. The ability to configure quarantine reports to show all messages since sign up or those captured since the last scheduled report was also praised, and found to be absent in many other spam filtering solutions.

Accessing the SpamTitan console was also found to be easy, regardless of the device being used. Since the control panel is full HTML, it can be easily accessed on mobile devices, while the admin console was found to be intuitive and easy to use.

Set up was also a quick and easy process, taking just 13 minutes. “13 minutes is extremely good considering the we had a previously MX record TTL of 5 minutes, so there is a reasonable likelihood that, if the domains TTL had previously been set to a lower TTL, the set up would have been even quicker.”

The only down point was the lack of link re-writing functionality, although due to the high degree of accuracy of the spam filter, this negative was somewhat mitigated.

Spam Filter Reviews’ SpamTitan review summarized the product saying, “All in all, SpamTitan is a very stable, clean platform with many additional features which makes an admin’s life a lot easier to manage user expectations,” also explaining “It is our comparative opinion that SpamTitan’s system is extremely under-rated as it’s clean, accurate and functionality full features certainly exceed and surpass some of the most well know Products on the market today.”

Strong Growth Continues at TitanHQ with Large Influx of New Customers

It has been a busy summer for TitanHQ. The company has been working hard to improve its award-winning cybersecurity solutions to offer even greater protection from the ever-increasing range of email and web-based threats.

TitanHQ has also been expanding its customer base and now protects an increasingly diverse range of companies from email and web-based cyberattacks. The summer has seen a swathe of new enterprise clients sign up and start using TitanHQ’s suite of cybersecurity products.

Many new enterprise customers have joined the TitanHQ community over the past few months, from SMBs to large organizations with thousands of employees. While each company has a different infrastructure and requirements, all share a common goal: A need to protect their employees, networks and data from cyberattacks.

TitanHQ would like to take this opportunity to welcome its new customers from the healthcare, hospitality, education, financial services and information technology sectors, a selection of which are detailed below:

European Hospitals Group

Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry have increased considerably over the past two years, with many large healthcare organizations falling victim to malware and ransomware attacks. Many of those attacks occurred as a result of employees visiting or being redirected to websites where malware is silently downloaded. Preventing employees from accessing malicious websites is an essential, yet often overlooked, aspect of cybersecurity.

The European Hospitals Group recognized the risk of malware downloads and decided to take action. The hospital group employs 1,800 people across two locations in the city of Brussels in Belgium: St. Elisabeth in Uccle and St. Michel in Etterbeek/European Quarter. The multilingual hospital offers excellent care for patients and now has excellent protection against web-based threats with WebTitan. WebTitan is used to carefully control the websites that can be accessed by staff, blocking web-based threats and preventing inappropriate website content from being accessed via its network.

US Beef Corporation

The hospitality sector has been extensively targeted by cybercriminals over the past year. Those malicious actors have attempted to gain access to sensitive customer data, commonly doing so via malware infections on POS systems.

US Beef Corporation is best known for its highly popular chain of restaurants: Arby’s. The first Arby’s restaurant was opened by US Beef Corporation in 1969. By 1995, the popularity of the restaurant chain saw it ranked as the 20th largest franchise in the United States. New restaurants continue to be opened and now the company has broken into the top ten franchises in the United States with 350 establishments, employing 7,500 members of staff.

US Beef Corporation recognised the need to protect its network from email- based attacks and prevent staff from falling for phishing attacks. US Beef Corporation chose SpamTitan Cloud as its anti-spam solution.

TitanHQ is now protecting the inboxes of all those employees from phishing and social engineering attacks and helps to keep the company’s network free from malware and ransomware.

Burlington Edison School District

There is growing pressure on schools and higher education establishments to implement technological solutions to restrict the websites that can be accessed via their wired and wireless networks. Children need to be protected online and prevented from accessing potentially harmful website content such as pornography and images of child abuse. Web filtering is also an important element of CIPA compliance.

The Burlington-Edison School District recognises the important of technological controls over acceptable Internet usage policies, and has chosen TitanHQ’s WebTitan to prevent inappropriate content from being accessed by its 230 staff and 3,900 students across 6 schools in Skagit County, Washington.

Miway Insurance

The insurance industry stores vast quantities of sensitive data on customers – a treasure trove of information for cybercriminals. Keeping that data secure and networks protected requires a range of cybersecurity controls.

Johannesburg, South Africa based Miway Insurance is a direct short-term insurance and financial services company offering a wide range of home and business insurance products. The company employs 3,000 staff members, the majority of whom require access to the Internet at work.

To protect against web-based attacks and prevent malware and ransomware downloads, Miway insurance chose WebTitan.  WebTitan is used to block access to malicious websites where drive-by malware downloads occur and to restrict access to unacceptable website content.

TNS Group

Stamford, CT-based TNS Group is a leading provider of managed IT support services in the Tri-State area and has clients throughout the United States and beyond. The firm was looking for a solution provider that could provide a spam filtering solution that could be easily offered to its customers to protect them from email-based threats.

Through SpamTitan Cloud, TNS Group can offer its clients an advanced spam filtering service to protect against phishing and social engineering attacks, malware and ransomware and keep inboxes spam free.

All the above companies have now had their TitanHQ products deployed and are protected from email and web-based attacks. If you are looking to improve your organization’s security posture and want to ensure your networks are kept malware free, contact the TitanHQ team today to find out more about the WebTitan web filtering and SpamTitan anti-spam solutions.

TitanHQ Named 2017 Computing Security Awards Finalist for its Anti Spam Solution

The 2017 Computing Security Awards ceremony will be taking place on October 12, 2017 in London. The gala event attracts cybersecurity firms from all over the world, all of which hope to leave with a prestigious award.

The Computing Security Awards are highly coveted. Each year, the best enterprise cybersecurity solutions are selected as finalists and are put to a public vote to determine the best loved, and most effective cybersecurity solutions. This year, there will be 33 awards presented to enterprise-class cybersecurity solution providers, resellers and distributors.

To be named as a finalist for the 2017 Computing Security Awards, a company must have gone the extra mile and developed a highly effective and easy to use solution to keep enterprises protected from an ever-increasing range of cyberthreats.

As always, the quality of the competition is strong. This year’s finalists include new products that have come to market in the past 12 months alongside tried and tested cybersecurity solutions that have been tweaked to improve performance and block more threats.

TitanHQ is proud to announce that its enterprise-class spam filtering solution – SpamTitan – has been named a finalist in the ‘Best Anti Spam Solution’ category of the 2017 Computing Security Awards.

“This recognition showcases the strength of the SpamTitan range of security solutions,” said Ronan Kavanagh, CEO, TitanHQ. “Our security solutions help thousands of companies worldwide to protect their organisations from malware, spam, phishing attacks and many other email and web threats. We provide powerful network security solutions that are easy to implement with multiple deployment options available.”

The winners of each category are decided by a public vote. Readers of Computer Security Magazine and other IT professionals are now being encouraged to vote for their favorite security products. Votes for each cybersecurity solution can be placed on this link until October 5, 2017.

About SpamTitan

The past 12 months has seen the number of new malware and ransomware variants grow at an extraordinary rate. Email spam volume has increased once again and email is now the attack vector of choice for cybercriminals.

2017 has already seen major attacks on businesses and some of the largest malware campaigns ever conducted. Many of those attacks have targeted employees via email. The need for an advanced spam filtering solution has never been greater.

The SpamTitan suite of cybersecurity solutions has been developed to offer enterprises the best possible protection against email-borne threats. With SpamTitan, enterprises are able to quickly and easily protect their end users and networks from all forms of email-based attacks.

The solution is flexible, scalable, easy to deploy and manage, blocks more than 99.9% of spam and malicious emails, and has an exceptionally low false positive rate. Inbound and outbound emails are subjected to a wide range of tests to ensure only genuine emails are delivered and enterprise users are protected from malware, ransomware, phishing and social engineering attacks.

SpamTitan has recently been awarded 5 stars by the Spiceworks community for the effectiveness of the solution, ease of use, and industry-leading customer support. SpamTitan has also collected no less than 37 consecutive Virus Bulletin Spam awards.

TitanHQ Attending Kaseya Connect Europe User Conference

The second annual Kaseya Connect Europe User Conference will be taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 3, 2017.

Kaseya is the leading provider of complete IT management solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). Its user conferences are hugely popular and provide more than just an opportunity to learn how to get more out of the company’s products. They offer an unrivaled learning opportunity that helps MSPs get the most out of their business, fuel growth and make significant improvements to their bottom lines.

Kaseya has now finalized its line-up of keynote speakers, sponsors and exhibiting partners for the event, which include industry and thought leaders and the top providers of solutions for MSPs to improve the services they provide clients and increase revenue.

Speakers for the event include Kaseya Chief Product Officer Mike Puglia, SVP – Managed Service Providers, Miguel Lopez, Chief Customer Officer, Alex Cuevas, EVP Global Product Services, Alan Davies, and Marwin Marcussen, Kaseya Sales Engineering Manager, EMEA.

Sue Gilkes, Faculty Member of CompTIA and Founder & Managing Director of Your Impact Ltd will be giving a keynote speech providing insights that will help MSPs boost revenue and grow their businesses. ‘Check-In Strategy Journal’ author, Adam Harris, will also be giving a keynote speech and will be offering important sales strategies for MSPs to help secure more contracts.

One of the main goals of the conference is to help MSPs monetize and develop their businesses, with the Amsterdam conference including a business track to help attendees do just that.  A technical track includes deep product dives to help MSPs get the most out of their Kaseya investments, with a host of instructional sessions that provide strategic insight along with practical knowledge to boost business growth.

Two hot topics that will also be covered at the Amsterdam Kaseya Connect Europe User Conference are the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and cybersecurity. GDPR has major implications for MSPs in Europe and the compliance deadline is fast approaching. A session will take place at the conference to guide attendees through the steps they will need to take to ensure compliance.

Major global cyberattacks, malware and ransomware infections have dominated the headlines in recent weeks and help will be on hand to ensure MSPs can take advantage of the opportunities that exist while ensuring their clients are well protected.

TitanHQ is proud to be an Emerald sponsor for the event and will be showcasing its cybersecurity solutions for MSPs, giving product demonstrations and explaining the benefits of adding the solutions to MSP’s service stacks.

Attendees will have the opportunity of speaking to the TitanHQ team about WebTitan for Managed Service Providers – a powerful web filtering solution that allows users to carefully control the websites that can be accessed via wired and WIFI networks. WebTitan prevents inappropriate content from being accessed by employees and clients and provides essential protection from web-based threats such as exploit kits, phishing websites, and malware and ransomware downloads.

Protecting clients from email-based threats can save technical support teams countless hours. Attendees will be able to learn about the benefits of SpamTitan and how the solution can block email-based threats and keep MSP’s clients well protected from phishing attacks, malware and ransomware infections.

Kaseya’s conferences are hugely popular, offering an excellent learning opportunity to allow MSPs to make a significant improvement to their revenues. The Kaseya Connect Europe User Conference in Amsterdam is free of charge to Kaseya and non-Kaseya users, although registration for the event is required in advance.

If you would like to attend the conference, you can register your interest and secure your spot on this link.

Zservices Partnership Brings TitanHQ Anti-Spam Solutions for Businesses to the Middle East

TitanHQ has announced a new partnership deal with Dubai-based cybersecurity powerhouse Zservices that will see the company’s anti-spam solutions for businesses pushed out to organizations throughout the Middle East and Africa.

TitanHQ has been working in the field of email security for two decades and has developed a range of cybersecurity solutions for businesses. Zservices will be adding TitanHQ’s SpamTitan anti-spam software to its extensive portfolio of cybersecurity solutions, filling a gap in its email security offerings.

SpamTitan is a robust and powerful anti-spam solution for businesses that offers protection from malicious emails and blocks 99.97% of spam from being delivered. The massive increase in malware and ransomware has made the use of anti-spam solutions more important that every before.

SpamTitan is already extensively used by businesses in TitanHQ’s home country of Ireland and throughout Europe and the Americas. TitanHQ’s products are now used by more than 6,500 business customers in 129 countries around the world.

The new partnership deal will be a massive boost to the company and will see its anti-spam solutions for businesses pushed out to a wide range of organizations throughout the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Jordan, Kingdom of Morocco, Arab Republic of Egypt, and beyond.

Zservices to incorporate TitanHQs Anti-Spam Solutions for BusinessesAs the only cybersecurity-as-a-service in-country cloud operator in the entire Middle East region, Zservices is the perfect partner to sell TitanHQ’s anti-spam solutions for businesses. Zservices partners with some of the largest telecoms companies and national service providers in the Middle East and provides a wide range of cybersecurity services to companies in the telecoms, technology, communications, education, pharmaceutical, and retail industries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Zservices will focus on selling the SpamTitan cloud-based anti-spam service to large enterprises and government entities throughout the region.

The partnership was announced during Enterprise Ireland’s trade mission to the UAE and KSA. Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD, praised the new partnership deal, which highlights the great opportunities that exist for Irish companies in the Middle East.

“As Enterprise Ireland’s trade mission will demonstrate, the opportunities for innovative Irish companies to build partnerships and increase their sales to the Middle East region are real and tangible,” said Minister Flanagan. He went on to say, “Today’s announcement by TitanHQ is a great example of what is possible for highly innovative Irish companies in this dynamic market.” Enterprise Ireland’s Executive Director Global Business Development, Kevin Sherry, said the deal is a “testament to TitanHQ’s innovation and ambition.”

Zservices President Mr. Nidal Taha welcomed the deal and explained why Zservices is the ideal company to partner with TitanHQ in the Middle East. “Unlike other cloud-based security companies, Zservices operates the first and only Middle East type approved Internet SaaS cyber security cloud infrastructures physically located and deployed across multiple strategic Middle East secure data centers.” Mr Taha said “We’re excited to add SpamTitan to our cloud infrastructure.”

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Photo (Left to-Right): Kevin Sherry – Executive Director Enterprise Ireland; Eddie Monaghan – Alliance Manager, Titan HQ; Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD; Nidal Taha – President MENA, ZServices; Firas Ghanem – Regional Director, Saudi Arabia, ZServices.

All McDonalds Restaurants in the Philippines Protected by SpamTitan

McDonalds (Philippines) is the latest fast food chain to choose TitanHQ as its partner to protect employees from phishing attacks.

McDonalds operates more than 500 restaurants in the Philippines and all of those restaurants will now be protected with TitanHQ’s anti-spam solution, SpamTitan. Under the terms of the agreement, TitanHQ has been tasked with keeping employee inboxes free from email spam and protecting its network from other email-borne threats such as malware and ransomware.

Email spam has declined in recent years following the take down of large botnets by international task forces, yet the threat from phishing has never been greater. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has recently released a report that shows phishing attacks in 2016 have spiked. In the first quarter of the year, APWG reported there were more phishing attacks “than at any other time in history”.

Phishing attacks have also become far more sophisticated, making it harder for employees to identify phishing emails. Unfortunately, all it takes is for one employee to fall for a single phishing email for a network to be compromised. Employing a robust and powerful anti-spam solution has never been more important.

SpamTitan was chosen to protect all McDonalds restaurants in the Philippines for the excellent level of protection offered, but also due to the simplicity of the solution. As McDonalds (Philippines) IT manager Ramon Rivera III explains, “SpamTitan’s best feature is that it simply works as promised with immediate results.  The product is incredibly powerful and yet simple to manage.”

The increase in phishing attacks and the rise in the use of ransomware has prompted many fast food chains to re-evaluate their cybersecurity defenses; however, it is not only employees that need to be protected.

McDonalds has recently announced that it will also be taking action to reduce the risk to customers who connect to its in-restaurant Wi-Fi networks. In order to protect minors, McDonalds will be implementing a web filtering solution to prevent users of its restaurant Wi-Fi networks from accessing pornography. All McDonalds restaurants are to be protected by a web filtering solution which will prevent inappropriate web content from being accessed by any of its customers.

McDonalds is setting an example which other fast food chains are following. After the decision to start offering family-friendly Wi-Fi was announced by McDonalds, Starbucks followed suit. The coffee shop chain is currently looking for a web filtering solution to ensure its coffee shop Wi-Fi networks are 100% family friendly.

Kaspersky anti-virus which is included in SpamTitan wins high praise in recent review.

UK PC Magazine recently reviewed Kaspersky Anti Virus 2015. The solution has recently got top ratings in tests by six independent labs. The review reported ‘Excellent antiphishing scores. Simple settings. Quick, easy install.” And Kaspersky AV is included as standard in the full range of SpamTitan email security solutions. 

From the review  “All the antivirus testing labs that I follow include Kaspersky's products in their testing, and Kaspersky earns universally high marks. ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs certify Kaspersky for malware detection and cleaning; West Coast Labs adds "Platinum Checkmark" certification. Kaspersky participated in all 12 of the most recent tests by Virus Bulletin and earned VB100 certification in 10 of them”.

READ FULL REVIEW HERE

 

SpamTitan wins another Virus Bulletin spam award.

SpamTitan was awarded its  32nd Virus Bulletin award for its combined high spam catch rate and low rate of false positives. SpamTitan today announced that it has once again been awarded a Virus Bulletin test award. The Virus Bulletin anti-spam test is an independent global publication specific to the field of spam, viruses and related malware. 

SpamTitan delivers unprecedented protection including an extremely high spam catch rate of 99.9%.  Not only did SpamTitan have an extremely high spam catch rate, it combined that with a low number of false positives, an excellent result when compared with all of the products tested. Martijn Grooten, author of the Virus Bulletin Anti-spam comparative review stated that ‘the product’s 32nd VBSpam award is as well deserved as ever.

SpamTitan Technologies Unveils ArcTitan, a powerful email archiving solutions for SMBs

Galway, IE, Sept 29th 2014 – SpamTitan Technologies, a leading producer of business email and web security solutions, today announced the availability of ArcTitan, a powerful cloud based email archiving solution targeted at helping small and medium sized enterprises.  The solution integrates seamlessly with most existing corporate email mail servers in use today including including  MS Exchange 07/13,Lotus Domino, Kerio, MDeamon, Zimbra, Google Apps, Office 365.

In today’s corporate world, email remains the most critical business application. ArcTitan provides a simple yet powerful solution to offload email storage, streamline search and compliance needs, and give users permissions-based access to any email message. ArcTitan is simple to access and requires little administrative effort. These comprehensive features ensure ease of use and take the burden off of system administrators. With ArcTitan businesses have peace of mind that they have a secure copy of every email, even if deleted from servers”, said Ronan Kavanagh, CEO, SpamTitan Technologies.

With non-compliance regulations bringing fines and threats of imprisonment, businesses are looking to deploy systems that archive email communications in a compliant way. For many organisations, this can become an organisational and storage nightmare. ArcTitan helps organizations in highly regulated industries ensure compliance in the case of an audit. “Most archiving legislation now calls for a 7 year retention period, these regulations and penalties mean organisations are often under pressure to find a solution that allows them to comply but in the easiest and most affordable way”.

Outside of regulated industries, ArcTitan can help organizations comply with acts of legislation such as the Federal Rules for Civil Disclosure and the EU´s General Data Protection Regulation. Under the EU´s General Data Protection Regulation, organizations that collect, process or retain the personal data of EU citizens will be subject to privacy and security laws similar to those in regulated industries. Furthermore, with ArcTitan´s fast search and retrieval engine, data access requests allowed by the Regulation can be conducted quickly and more efficiently than with other data storage methods.

ArcTitan has been designed with both the flexibility and control organizations need to meet changing business requirements. The ArcTitan solution delivers the following benefits:

  • Peace of mind –robust and redundant hosting as the Infrastructure is built on Amazons Virtual Private Cloud on AWS. We also do backups of our whole infrastructure.
  • Complete Security
    1. Mail is fully encrypted, you can use TLS Encryption to send us your email, and when it is stored, it is stored encrypted using AES 128 encryption.
    2. We use passwords that are hashed and encrypted to control access with inbuilt certificate management and delegated management.
  • Disaster Recovery – should it arise that any event destroys your on premises mail server with ArcTitan you have an off-site back up with a global enterprise level infrastructure
  • Reduce IT Budget – ArcTitan removes the cost of provisioning, management and upgrading hardware. With ArcTitan all of these costs are removed.

Highlighted features of ArcTitan include:

  • Unlimited cloud based email archiving including inbound/outbound/internal email, folders, calendar and contacts
  • Comprehensive Policy based archiving, including customizable retention periods and policies based on user, content and attachments plus many more Email Discovery – Easy email, file, contact based search and retrieval.
  • Full Email Audit Capabilities
  • Outlook plug in – allow users search their archive from their Outlook clients.
  • NTML based single sign on for Windows users Bulk email import from PST, EML, MBOX and MSG Bulk email export to EML, PST, MSG, PDF, TIFF format Restore, delete and print options
  • Safe search and automated search options
  •  Active Directory, LDAP, IMAP and Google Authentication options
  • Secure- TLS encryption of email to ArcTitan, AES Encrypted Archive, Superfast Search™ – email compressed, Zipped, message de-duplication, attachment de-duplication allowing for the fastest search and retrieval Hosted Securely on Amazon AWS Web console access with multi-tiered and granular access options, you decide user access permissions.
  • SMTP, IMAP, Milter, POP Connectors

“Using the near limitless capacity of the cloud for email archiving and search makes perfect sense and with ArcTitan it just couldn’t be simpler, more secure or cost effective” said  Kavanagh. ArcTitan provides an extra layer of protection to the organisation. With ArcTitan Users can search, view and retrieve their email even from their own Outlook client. The solution also includes full email search functionality and legislative compatibilities for e-discovery, retention and audit compliance. The benefits far outweigh the low cost of setup (virtually nil) and ongoing costs.

Pricing and Availability

ArcTitan is available immediately with generous discount to existing SpamTitan customers. All subscriptions come with full technical support.

Typical pricing starts at $3.32 per user per month for a 50 user license*. Full price list and product details are available at www.arctitan.com or email info@arctitan.com for further information or queries. *Based on 1 year license purchased.

SpamTitan wins top 5 position and it’s 4th VBSpam+ award for excellent performance in the latest Virus Bulletin industry test.

In its 28th Virus Bulletin Test SpamTitan Earns Top 5 position based on High Spam Catch Rate  of 99.81% and 0% False Positive Rate.

Galway, Ireland and Tampa, FL – June 4th 2014Today SpamTitan Technologies announced the company’s email security solution has earned the VBSpam+ certification from Virus Bulletin, a leading security industry test. This is SpamTitans 28th consecutive Virus Bulletin antispam award and 4th VBSpam+ award for exceptional performance.

This month Virus Bulletin tested  15 anti-spam solutions looking at both spam catch rates and false positive rates. In addition to winning its 28th consecutive award, the report noted that SpamTitan was awarded a VBSpam+ award because of its zero false positive rate and high spam catch rate of 99.81%.

“When looking at deploying an email security solution, it’s important to evaluate vendors that have been validated by an independent, third-party such as Virus Bulletin,” said Ronan Kavanagh CEO SpamTitan Technologies. Commenting on the SpamTitan May test results Martin Grooten, Test Director said that SpamTitan anti-spam had  ‘yet again no false positives and a spam catch rate that was only marginally lower than in the last test. The Irish product is thus well deserving of its fourth VBSpam+ award’.

SpamTitan Earns 27th VBSpam Award & Top 5 Position Based on High Spam Catch Rate and Low False Positives

SpamTitan Earns 27th Consecutive Virus Bulletin Antispam Award

Galway, Ireland and Tampa, FL – April 1st  2014.  SpamTitan Technologies a world leader in business email and web security solutions today announced its business anti spam solution SpamTitan has been awarded its 27th consecutive Virus Bulletin certification in the VBSpam Awards.Virus Bulletin staff tested SpamTitan along with 14 other full antispam products from multiple countries for spam catch rates, false positive rates and the ability to handle ‘newsletters’ – updates and notifications from various organizations that had been explicitly subscribed to. SpamTitan once again finds itself with a top-five final score with both an excellent spam catch rate  of 99.85% and a normal false positive rate of  0% . READ MORE

SpamTitan Technologies will be releasing a new feature rich SpamTitan v6.01 in April.

Tampa, FL and Galway, Ireland – 10th March  2014.  SpamTitan Technologies  will release v6.01 in April, a feature rich release of the award winning spam filter  that offers considerable enhancements in usability, security and network management. With centralized management  and control, and flexible on-premises or cloud deployment options, SpamTitan continues to deliver incredibly  cost-effective and manageable capabilities.  SpamTitan 6.1 due to be release early April will offer businesses enhanced and even more powerful email security with additional outbound mail relaying features, improved Application controls, and multiple UI enhancements.

We're really excited here at SpamTitan Technologies," said Sean Doherty Senior Product Developer . "We've put a lot of time and effort into the creation and launch of SpamTitan 6.1 it will be so rewarding to see all that hard work come to fruition in delivering these new features to our customers." 

As part of the release of SpamTitan 6.1 in April users will see the introduction of   advanced policy based rate controls which will allow the rejection or deferral of messages based on a number of criteria further protecting the system from spammers or spam-programs (also known as "spam-bots") that send large amounts of email to the server in a small amount of time.

SpamTitan 6.1 also sees the addition of support for sender based smarthosts. Sender dependent smarthosts provide the ability to relay mail outbound from a particular domain or email address through a specific relay or smarthost. This is used to ease the management of a single mail server with aliases, security, and Internet access rather than maintaining numerous local mail servers.

Another significant feature includes increased delegated administration functions and added support for outbound IP Delivery Pools providing increased protection for an organisations IP reputation and consequently increasing spam catch rate.

"Our mission here at SpamTitan Technologies is to provide secure, reliable and affordable email security solutions to our customers," said Eddie Monaghan, Channel Manager. "We're taking a very customer-centric approach to developing SpamTitan continually implementing customer feedback and feature requests into new product releases, I think that will really shine through in our feature-rich SpamTitan 6.1. Although the company hasn't specified an official launch date yet, we expect SpamTitan 6.1 will be available to all new and existing users within the next couple of weeks."

New Research on the Risks posed by Social Media in your Business

Tampa, FL and Galway, Ireland – 4th Mar  2014.  What are some of the threats to your network security from social media and should you cut off your employee’s access to social media sites? How can SMB owners or IT guys protect the network security of the company? SpamTitan recently sponsored a survey by Osterman Research of 157 companies with an average of 1,470 employees as to perceptions about and experiences with malware.  Here we look at a couple of observationnewss drawn from that report related to social media.

Perception of Social Media Threats

The survey shows that 14% of malware infections over the period November 2012-November 2013 were via social media and other interactive and collaborative type sites (i.e. Web 2.0).  The graph below presents the results.  As we can see, web surfing and social media are closely related in terms of the risks associated.  Web surfing is the number one method by which companies are infected, social media platforms draw victims in.

How do companies perceive the risk-versus-benefit of social media?

More than half of the companies surveyed regard the leading social media sites to be legitimate business applications.  This should mean they should not cut off access, because people might need those sites for their work.

Among the companies that consider these sites useful some have nonetheless written guidelines or implemented technology to these block these sites include:

  • LinkedIn 21%
  • YouTube 36%
  • Facebook 40%
  • Twitter 45%
  • Skype 47%

As you can see, in the case of LinkedIn and Skype, some of these companies have cut off their access, yet they deem them useful.  This suggests that their security policies and business policies do not line up.  Contrast that with YouTube and Twitter where companies have not cut off when they should not.

Network Security issues with Social Media in the workplace.

The major security threat with social media is the same as with spam email:  people’s curiosity, their sense of trust, and a lack of adequate security training. People have a tendency to trust these sites, because they are so well-known, considered reputable and people are not always aware of the dangers there. Plus there is the presumption to trust someone you know or someone who knows someone you know, which is how spammers gain access to post links on your wall. In security circles, the underlying issue is called “transitive trust.” The average popular website links to all sorts of sites and services, with the typical home page featuring lots of third-party links. Each of those links could potentially be used by hackers for malicious intent. Your website or service is only as secure as its weakest link – literally!. Transitive-trust hacking is not new. It occurs every time a banner ad running on an innocent website ends up linking to a malicious malware laden website.

The concept was considered in Clara Shih’s book ‘The Facebook era’  although a heavily business focused book it is very readable and supported by credible research.

She writes: Consider this example of transitive trust: In trying to reach Graham, I discover that we both know Kelly. Because Kelly trusts me, and Graham trusts Kelly, Graham is more likely to “transitively” trust me if Kelly provides a warm introduction or I at least mention Kelly when reaching out to Graham. Not actually knowing me himself, Graham doesn’t trust me as much as he trusts Kelly, but … I don’t need him to trust me just yet. All I need is to get my foot in the door, and my product, service, or personality hopefully can do the rest. I just need a chance to be heard.

Transitive trust is not a new concept; in fact, it is how human beings have been making important decisions since the dawn of civilization. The challenge in the past was about discovery. I might have had to ask a lot of people before I found someone who knew Graham well enough to provide an introduction. Social networking sites bring transparency and efficiency to discovering mutual ties.

Facebook and LinkedIn encourage you to friend or make contacts with people who you do not know directly.  They do this if you give them access to your email contacts plus they match you up with people who have a common contact with you on their site.  This way hackers can gain access to post message on your wall.  Twitter does not have this problem, as you cannot post tweets directly on someone else´s wall.  However anyone can post tweets and direct them to hashtags (#), which is where your employees would find them as they read about different topics.

LinkedIn and Twitter shorten the URLs you post there.  As they do this, they say they check for malware. For example, when they block a site, LinkedIn says: “This link has been reported as participating in malicious behaviour or abuse. Facebook also says they scan for malware, but that did not prevent the Zeus virus from infecting users on their site last year.  This virus waits until you visit a bank website and then steals your user id and password.  If that person is your company financial controller or bookkeeper, that could be a big problem.

What about security issues relating to apps?

One of the inherent weaknesses with Facebook is that the apps that you install there can have access to post links on your wall.  So they can post seemingly harmless links to infected sites without the user knowing that. Your Facebook friends will then see that link.  Facebook has too many apps to scrutinize each carefully.

Finally, whatever defences you put in place, such as blocking sites completely or selectively blocking categories of sites – these are not going to work when people are using their own devices outside your network.  They can infect their tablet or smartphone and then send that out in company mail inadvertently with a web email client or when they attach via VPN and use their mobile device to send company.

Wrapping up, one can deploy technology and improve security training to help mitigate the risks of social media.   But it is probably not a good idea to cut off access to social media, as most business, news, and culture is or has moved online and people need to be able to gain access to that for work. Security is the most important focus area for business and IT decision makers in the context of their email and web solutions. Because of the significant potential for malware and other threats to impact organizations as they enter through corporate email systems, web applications, and social media tools – and the enormous potential for financial and other damage they can cause – decision makers must focus heavily on the specific solutions that will be employed, whether these solutions will be part of an integrated suite of solutions or implemented on a best-of-breed basis, and the models that will be used to deliver them.

SpamTitan anti spam for business wins 26th Virus Bulletin award easily

Galway, Ireland and Tampa, FL – February 6th 2014. The powerful email security solution SpamTitan continues to get top anti spam detection rates and excellent performance in the latest Virus Bulletin Test which took place in January 2014. SpamTitan hasn’t missed a Virus Bulletin comparative since 2009, and has maintained an impressive spam catch rate, false positive rate as well as keeping the VB team happy with good design and reliable performances.

According to Virus Bulletin test director Martin Grooten ‘with a spam catch rate of 99.73%, SpamTitan performs very well out of the box. A 26th consecutive VBSpam award is something to be proud of’. This time 18 full solutions were tested and this was the first time the new SpamTitan 6.00 version of the virtual appliance was tested. Read more about SpamTitan’s recent awards.

 

SpamTitan awarded VBSpam+ award in November industry test outperforming McAfee, Sophos, GFI and Symantec.

Tampa FL and Galway, Ireland – Dec 5th 2013.  This month SpamTitan was awarded its 3rdVBspam+ award with an impressive spam catch rate and 0% false positive rate. According to Martijn Grooten, author of the Virus Bulletin anti-spam comparative review, SpamTitan was awarded a special VBSpam+ award for ‘a very impressive 99.75% of spam  blocked’ combined with  the fact that ‘the virtual appliance didn’t block a single legitimate email’ . This is SpamTitan’s 3rd VBspam+ award and 24th consecutive Virus Bulletin award since joining the Virus Bulletin test group.

According to SpamTitan Technologies CEO, Ronan Kavanagh ‘The Virus Bulletin tests set strict criteria that security solutions must  meet before receiving an award. Thanks to its tight control and regularity it provides a unique overview of how robust and effective a solution is over time. We are delighted SpamTitan anti spam consistently achieves high marks. The November VBspam+ award is now the 24thconsecutive award for SpamTitan thanks to the continuous hard work of the SpamTitan developers.  READ MORE 

SpamTitan Technologies launches powerful spam filtering service for SMBs

Tampa, FL and Galway, Ireland – 9th July 2013 – SpamTitan Technologies, a division of Copperfasten Technologies, today announced the launch ofthe SpamTitan Cloud service, powerful cloud based email filtering that protects your business and email users from Spam, Viruses and other Malware. The new SpamTitan Cloud service gives companies all the benefits of the multi-award-winning SpamTitan solution, without the high costs associated with deploying and managing local or virtual resources. With SpamTitan Cloud small- to medium-sized businesses receive unbeatable spam protection, improved network performance, and fail-safe reliability in an affordable package.

”Uptake of cloud computing is set to increase further in 2013 with cost savings and flexibility being the key motivators,” said SpamTitan Technologies CEO Ronan Kavanagh. “Today’s announcement marks the next generation deployment phase for the SpamTitan suite of email security solutions offering even more flexibility to our customers as well as increased efficiency, affordability and ease of use. We have always been innovative in our offerings – this takes that innovation to the next level.”

By using the SpamTitan Cloud service SMBs can configure SpamTitan to their exact requirements and be ready to block spam in minutes. Requiring no on-premises software or end user client software, set up is extraordinarily simple and quick. After account setup and MX record redirection to SpamTitan Cloud servers, email is automatically cleaned of 99.98% of spam, before any optional configuration changes.

Hosted e-mail services hold several advantages over their in-house counterparts but there are drawbacks as well. Each organisation needs to examine their individual requirement and circumstances before deciding on the best option. At SpamTitan Technologies we offer a full range of email security solutions including an appliance for in-house deployment as well as the cloud based service – both offering the same core functionality.

Appliance versus services
One advantage of using a service like SpamTitan Cloud is that the volume of mail coming to your internal network is greatly reduced – by 80 to 90 percent in most cases. SpamTitan Clouds robust clustered network infrastructure significantly lowers the risk that your e-mail service will fail.

SpamTitan Cloud also offers a buffer for your e-mail system. If your internal e-mail server fails or your Internet connection goes down, your email will accumulate on SpamTitan Cloud until your in-house problem is resolved. SpamTitan Cloud offers all the enterprise level features you find in the SpamTitan appliance options, such as unbeatable spam blocking  of 99.98%+, double anti-virus protection, LDAP, Dynamic and aliases file recipient verification as well as SASL authentication and much more.

A fully featured free 14-day trial of of SpamTitan Cloud can be accessed from the SpamTitan website and used immediately to block spam, viruses and other email threats. Prices start at $450 for 50 users for 1 year, with no additional costs. Read more about SpamTitan Cloud.

SpamTitan named as finalist in 2013 Computing Security Awards for several categories including ‘Best Anti Spam solution’.

Tampa FL and Galway, Ireland – August 15th 2013. Email and Web security company SpamTitan Technologies today announced that it has been named as finalist in 3 categories in  the  2013 Computing Security Awards. The security solutions provider has reach the finalist position for its email anti-spam software SpamTitan in the ‘Best anti spam solution’ category, its robust web filtering solution WebTitan is finalist in the  ‘Content Security Solution of the year’ category  and the newly launched web filtering service WebTitan Cloud is finalist in the  ‘Best SME security solution’ category.

SpamTitan was selected as a finalist along with 7 other security solutions from a pool of 80 security vendors nominated across the 3 categories. The process of selecting finalists was based on nominations from the Computing Security Magazine broad readership base comprised of security and technology experts from large, medium and small enterprises and representing all major vertical markets.

“This recognition showcases the strength of the SpamTitan range of security solution. Our email and web filtering solutions continue to successfully help thousands of companies worldwide to protect their organisations from malware, spam, phishing attacks, viruses and many other email and web threats. We provide powerful security solutions that are easy to implement and deploy with on-premises, virtual and cloud options available. The readers of Computing Security magazine representing real IT administrators and managers recognise this” said Ronan Kavanagh, CEO, SpamTitan.

SpamTitan Technologies start new year with new release of their award winning business spam filter.

SpamTitan Technologies today announced the release of SpamTitan v5.12 . Release 5.12 includes a range of enhancements including greater Application controls as well as improved Zimbra support features, IPv6 support and new customization & language options. The latest version of SpamTitan includes further customization options which allows users, including managed service providers and channel partners, superior branding opportunities. The marketing benefits offered by these customisation tools allows MSPs further reinforce their branding message to business end user.

The complete SpamTitan anti spam service is now available in the Russian language. As well as the Russian language version SpamTitan now supports 14 languages options.

Improved Zimbra support features

SpamTitan 5.12 introduces built in integration options for Zimbra mail including recipient verification look up attributes giving customers using SpamTitan in a Zimbra environment increased confidence  in SpamTitans ability to  reduce the risk and complexity of implementing sophisticated mail and security solutions easily.

Application Control Features

The new release allows for further deployment options  including the support of multiple network interfaces as well as port forwarding functionality. The addition of  Alias IP Address support for multiple network interfaces allows for more flexible network management.

With the ability to specify multiple LDAP recipient verification servers SpamTitan 5.12 offers improved performance and provides for failover and redundancy if one of the verification servers becomes unavailable.

Enhanced IPv6 support

New features in SpamTitan 5.12 further enhance IPv6 support. SpamTitan are developing all products and services with an eye toward IPv6 readiness based on end user feedback. IPv6 supportability via the ‘Set up network’ user interface screen means a user can choose to deploy their SpamTitan anti spam gateway in an IPv6 network and implement effortlessly.

User Interface Enhancements

The latest release includes some wide-ranging user interface enhancements further improving the intuitive web UI and giving quick access to system information and management features. Significant changes have been made to the Network Setup screen, domain and user policy pages allowing user to make even more intuitive, simpler  and straightforward (single click) changes.

All of the above new features and enhancements offer users increased flexibility and control, making SpamTitan easier to implement and use. The flexibility offered by these features along with the product’s reliability, capacity and tracking abilities is invaluable to dynamic environments. It is recommended that customers read all release notes fully prior to migrating to the latest version. For instruction on how to move to the latest version please visit our support page.

Pricing and Availability

All SpamTitan customers with a current license can move to SpamTitan 5.12 FREE of charge. SpamTitan anti spam is available in three flavours: SpamTitan ISO, SpamTitan for VMware and SpamTitan on Demand. Pricing starts at $395. For full pricing visit pur Pricing page.

SpamTitan Nominated in Best Anti-Malware Category for SC Magazine Awards 2013

SpamTitan Technologies the leading provider of email and web security solutions today announced that the company has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine Awards, the IT security industry’s leading awards program. SpamTitan has been named a finalist in the best anti malware solution category.

SpamTitans’ anti malware engine includes dual anti-virus protection and advanced heuristic scan analysis which provides zero hour response to suspicious or potentially malicious email, catching viruses and threats even before patterns can be isolated.

Ronan Kavanagh CEO of SpamTitan Technologies commented: “We are delighted to be participating in highly regarded annual awards. The team at SpamTitan Technologies work hard to produce unique and innovative products that we can be proud of and that offer powerful protection to organizations so they can focus on what’s most important to them.”

Entries in the Readers Trust, anti-malware category are chosen by a panel of readers who represent the circulation of SC Magazine. The Reader Trust Voting Panel is comprised of SC Magazine readers who have volunteered their time and experience to carefully consider each of the contenders in each category to cast votes. This panel represents a cross-section of SC Magazine readership, which is comprised of large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical market. The finalists will be announced in the January 2013 issue of SC Magazine.

VOTE TODAY!! SpamTitan are entered in the SC Magazine 2013 Awards in the Best Anti-Malware Solution Category.

We are depending on your votes to win!

VOTE NOW

 

SpamTitan Technologies, now called TitanHQ, announce new release of their acclaimed spam filter with New and Enhanced features for Complete Business Email Protection

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland – 26th March  2012: SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage email & web security software, today announced the release of SpamTitan v5.10, its powerful business spam filter. Release 5.10 includes a range of enhancements including Outbound TLS support with both inbound and outbound mail encryption as well as new spam filtering and virus scanning tools to make the product even easier to use in the increasingly complex environment IT managers must operate in.

SpamTitan is a comprehensive anti spam solution for business providing customers with a powerful, easy-to-manage and cost-effective way to ensure that the companies network is protected from spam, viruses, trojans, phishing and other unwanted content.

Enhanced Email Security
SpamTitan 5.10 offers the addition of outbound TLS which means customers now benefit from both in and outbound email encryption. The introduction of outbound TLS support will provide enhanced security to protect against sensitive data leakage without impacting productivity.

New customisable filter rules allows for specific filtering based on the organisations individual requirements. Unlike some other solutions that require complex configuration SpamTitan provides all the necessary features to allow companies deploy effective and  easy-to-manage DLP features at no additional cost.

Zero hour response
SpamTitan has always included dual anti-virus protection, in this release the  Kaspersky anti-virus scanner includes optional advanced heuristic scan analysis which if enabled provides zero hour response to suspicious or potentially malicious email, catching viruses and threats even before patterns can be isolated.

Consolidated Reporting & Management
The latest version of SpamTitan introduces enhanced consolidated reporting and management across an installation. The intuitive and cost-effective administration tool allows users to define, manage and report on network wide activity without the need for any 3rd party applications allowing users to easily manage multi node installations.The administrator gains greater control and visibility of mail activity across the network from one location.

GUI Design enhancements
SpamTitan 5.10 also includes various design improvements including GUI redesign enhancements to further improve user’s experience.  All of the above new features and enhancements offer users increased flexibility and control, making SpamTitan easier to implement and use. The flexibility offered by these features along with the product’s reliability, capacity and tracking abilities is invaluable to dynamic environments. It is recommended that customers read all release notes fully prior to migrating to the latest version. For instruction on how to move to the latest version please visit our support page at https://www.spamtitan.com/support .

Pricing and Availability
All SpamTitan customers with a current license can move to SpamTitan 5.10 FREE of charge.
SpamTitan anti spam is available in three flavours: SpamTitan ISO, SpamTitan for Vmware and SpamTitan on Demand. Pricing starts at $395. For more information, please visit https://www.spamtitan.com/solutions
A free 30 day demo license is available for download at https://www.spamtitan.com/download

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

SpamTitan On Demand, the First Private Cloud Virtual Appliance for Anti-Spam Security is launched

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland – SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage anti spam software and web filtering software, today  announced the release of a new Cloud-based option of its highly-regarded SpamTitan anti-spam and anti-virus virtual appliance.  SpamTitan On-Demand is the first to give businesses instant access to their own private virtual appliance in the cloud.

SpamTitan appliance On-Demand gives companies all the benefits of SpamTitan without the cost of deploying local resources or virtualisation software. SpamTitan appliance On-Demand provides the benefits of cloud computing and virtualisation including scaleability and redundancy.  Small- to medium-sized businesses receive high availability, performance and reliability in an affordable package that is optimised for their business needs.

Unlike competing solutions that rely on a hybrid or shared tenancy model, SpamTitan On-Demand gives SMBs who perceive shared tenancy solutions as less secure all the flexible benefits of Cloud but with guaranteed privacy over their email security. Using their own single tenancy Cloud-based appliance SMBs can configure SpamTitan On-Demand to their exact requirements and be ready to block spam in minutes. By simply clicking a link, users can access a hosted SpamTitan virtual appliance that allows them to instantly explore, configure and use their own SpamTitan application.

”The uptake of cloud computing is set to increase in 2011 with cost savings and flexibility being the key motivators,” said SpamTitan Technologies CEO Ronan Kavanagh. “Today’s announcement marks the next generation deployment phase for SpamTitan offering even more flexibility to our customers as well as increased efficiency, affordability and ease of use”. We have always been innovative in our offerings this takes that innovation to the next level,” he added.

A fully featured free 14-day trial of of SpamTitan On-Demand can be accessed from the SpamTitan website and used immediately to block spam, viruses and other email threats. Prices start at $650 for 50 users for 1 year, with no additional costs. Full details are available at https://www.spamtitan.com/products/spamtitan-appliance-on-demand

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of Copperfasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland.

SpamTitan has once again been named in the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland, 27th April 2011 –  Leading Windows Networking resource site, WindowsNetworking.com today  announced that SpamTitan has been selected as runner up in the Anti Spam hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards.  WindowsNetworking.com conducts monthly polls to discover which product is preferred by network administrators in a particular category of third party solutions for Enterprise Networking. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes. WindowsNetworking.com visitors can submit their votes for the current Readers’ Award poll in the site’s left-hand bar.

“SpamTitan anti-spam software continues to successfully help thousands of companies worldwide to rid users’ inboxes of spam, viruses and other email threats’ said Ronan Kavanagh CEO of SpamTitan Technologies.  We are honored to be recognized by Windows Networking.com and its readers for delivering industry-leading anti-spam products. Being named once again in this award demonstrates our ability to consistently and effectively address today’s top security challenges for a more secure enterprise. We are thrilled to accept this award from such a distinguished group of industry experts.”

“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowsNetworking.com manager. “WindowsNetworking.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various solutions for Enterprise Networking at the workplace.  The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from
email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of Copperfasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

About WindowsNetworking.com

WindowsNetworking.com (http://WindowsNetworking.com) is a Microsoft Windows Networking resource site. It is a leading Enterprise Networking site, attracting over 650,000 Network administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest Windows Networking services, articles and tutorials by leading Windows Networking experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews.

WindowsNetworking.com forms part of a group of sites run by TechGenix Ltd., including http://www.windowsecurity.com, a Windows security resource site; http://www.msexchange.org, a Microsoft Exchange Server resource site; http://www.msterminalservices.org, a Server Based Computing resource site and  http://www.isaserver.org, a Microsoft ISA Server resource site.

SpamTitan Technologies announce new release of acclaimed spamfilter SpamTitan

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland – 13th April 2011 – SpamTitan, leading producer of email security solutions, today announced the availability of SpamTitan v5.06. The new features and enhancements provide users with greater management capabilities allowing including enhanced integration and authentication options to further improve user experience all at an affordable price.

This latest version of SpamTitan will allow customers centrally control their email aliases through greater Active Directory integration. With V5.06 users can now easily create single email quarantine report for multiple email addresses and view a consolidated summary of email accounts via dashboard reporting. Another addition to the SpamTitan reporting suite in v5.06 is the ability to report on individual contributions to the overall license count, a tool designed for the ISP’s and their customers for improved accountability and billing. This report is available to both administrators and domain administrators.

SpamTitan v5.06 includes more enhanced authentication security with secure IMAP/POP3 now supported. This latest release also expands the SpamTitan cluster solutions’ communications ability which now includes HTTPS in addition to the  default communication of HTTP.

 As well as the English language version SpamTitan is available in 6 other languages, covering more than 100 countries and reaching over one billion potential users. The quarantine report element of the product is now available in 13 languages including English. SpamTitan continues to be bundled with the leading Kaspersky AV providing users with double anti-virus protection and ensuring the availability of world-class virus protection.

“The release of SpamTitan v5.06 further demonstrates our commitment to delivering comprehensive, innovative and cost-effective email security solutions to our customers,” said Ronan Kavanagh, SpamTitan Technologies CEO.  “The new features and enhancements offer users increased flexibility and control making SpamTitan even easier to implement and use.

All SpamTitan customers with a current license can move to SpamTitan 5.06 FREE of charge.

A free 30 day demo license is currently available for download at https://www.spamtitan.com/download

 

About SpamTitan Technologies

SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution.

SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

SpamTitan Technologies announce new release of acclaimed Spam Filter SpamTitan

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland – 21st December  2010 – SpamTitan, a leading producer of email security solutions, today announced the availability of SpamTitan v5.05. This latest version of SpamTitan contains many underlying technical enhancements and adds updated administrator controls including license reset functionality and administrator warning alerts.

SpamTitan v5.05 also includes an updated  ClamAV anti-virus engine. SpamTitan continues to be bundled with the leading Kaspersky AV providing users with double anti-virus protection and ensuring the availability of world-class virus protection.

This latest release is also available in the Turkish language. As well as the English language version SpamTitan is available in 6 other languages, covering more than 100 countries and reaching over one billion potential users. The quarantine report element of the product is now available in 13 languages including English.

SpamTitan 5.05 offers users increased flexibility and control making SpamTitan easier to implement and use. All SpamTitan customers with a current license can move to SpamTitan 5.05 FREE of charge.

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

SpamTitan Achieves VMware Ready™ Status for the Zimbra platform from VMware

SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage spam and web filtering software, today announced that SpamTitan has achieved VMware Ready™ status as a Mail Security product. This designation indicates that SpamTitan has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process on the Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance managed by VMware and is now listed in the VMware Ready Mail Security category.

Passing the extensive VMware-specified testing helps ensure that SpamTitan makes best use of VMware technology and is ready for deployment in customer environments.“We are pleased that SpamTitan qualifies for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and is ready to run their mission-critical business applications and operations,” said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs, VMware.

Ronan Kavanagh, SpamTitan Technologies CEO commented: “By using SpamTitan with the Zimbra platform from VMware enterprises can benefit from our unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software  which eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price.”

The VMware Ready™ program is a VMware co-branding program for qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 1200 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.

SpamTitan from SpamTitan Technologies can be found within the online VMware partner product catalog at 

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/521?k=spamtitan.     

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including Spam, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content.

It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

 

Windows IT Pro recommends SpamTitan

Leading on-line technology website Windows IT Pro  today announced the results of their recent SpamTitan review. The reviewer Nathan Winters found that SpamTitan was ‘ quick and easy to set up and works well with limited configuration. It has good granularity of policies and a simple UI for both administrators and end users.’.

Some of the key features of SpamTitan highlighted by the review included the granular nature by which policies can be applied. He noted that you can configure different spam- and virus-filtering settings for different email domains and systems. You can also configure outbound disclaimers for each domain and customize the notifications received when an email message breaks a policy.

The reviewer was particularly impressed with the overall spam and virus blocking abilities of SpamTitan estimating that since implementing SpamTitan less than 1 percent of mail received was spam, no false positives were reported and all viruses received were correctly filtered.

 “SpamTitan anti-spam software continues to successfully help thousands of companies worldwide to rid users’ inboxes of spam,viruses and other email threats’ said Ronan KavanaghCEO of SpamTitan Technologies.  We are delighted to be recognized by Windows IT pro, this review demonstrates our ability to consistently and effectively address today’s top security challenges for a more secure enterprise. 

Following the review Windows IT Pro have recommended SpamTitan as a solid choice and a  cost-effective way to protect your organization from email-borne threats. The full review is available at Windows IT Pro SpamTitan Review.

SpamTitan announces support for 64-bit computing.

Galway , August 24th – SpamTitan Technologies now support running SpamTitan software on  64-bit machines. This introduction is as a result of growing requests from customers who have been seeing new servers coming to market with 64-bit processors as standard  as well as virtualisation software providers like VMware supporting 64-bit across their platforms.

Running SpamTitan on a  64bit processor allows for higher performance than is achievable with 32-bit processors, it also allows users to increase the memory above the 3.5GB limit set by 32-bit processors. The SpamTitan 64bit platform is ideally suited to ISPs who wish to extend their offerings e.g. to filter outbound mails to guard against customer’s being blacklisted due to spam attacks. The SpamTitan 64 bit platform can be easily clustered with the 32bit platform allowing so it can be rolled out as customers acquire 64bit hardware or 64bit virtual infrastructure without any disruption to their current installation.

SpamTitan has been designed from the ground up to meet the complex scaleability and management needs of ISPs and other managed email service providers. More and more this means operating in a virtualized environment as ISPs seek to optimize their server usage. “SpamTitan is one of the first vendors  to provide 64-bit support for virtual computing allowing ISPs the opportunity to extend their offerings.  There are few virtualized security solutions to offer such an extensive set of tools that are specifically tailored to the needs of ISPs,” said Kavanagh.

The flexibility offered by these tools along with the product’s reliability, capacity and tracking abilities is invaluable to dynamic environments such as ISPs where customers subscribe and unsubscribe on a continuous basis. Current users of SpamTitan can download a new installation from https://www.spamtitan.com/download, once SpamTitan has been set-up successfully 64-bit support is available. Support for 64-bit computing will be extended to the WebTitan solution very shortly.

For any queries on SpamTitan in a 64 bit environment please contact helpdesk@titanhq.com

About SpamTitan Technologies

SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland.    For further information email info@spamtitan.com

SpamTitan report that the line between personal and company data are becoming more blurred

Boston, Galway  15th June, 2010 : Failure by SMBs to adopt formal corporate social media policies, as highlighted by a survey by SpamTitan, could be storing up legal trouble for themselves in the not too distant future.

An audit of 200 SMBs worldwide revealed that while almost all allowed Internet access and some social networking applications in the workplace almost half (49 per cent) admitted they had not taken even basic steps towards a social media policy such as deploying a Web filter.

Many SMBs are now truly embracing social networking applications by adopted them within their overall marketing strategies. But it is almost impossible to track who owns this data as social data content is aggregated from site to site.

“As business embraces social networking as a way to propagate messages and build their brands the line dividing personal and company data is becoming increasingly blurred,” said Alastair Purdy, partner at Purdy FitzGerald Solicitors. “The important thing is to take steps to protect yourself or your company as much as possible in advance. Failure to do so will potentially leave the SMB sector with significant legal issues over data ownership.” 

The legal position is at a very early stage of development. This is illustrated in a recent case involving the UK arm of a US business to business media publishing group (PennWell Publishing v Ornstein (2007 EWHC) ruled that the employer owned the outlook contacts of a former journalist employee even though this list contained both work and personal contacts some of which had been brought to the company by the employee.

This blurring between work and personal becomes even more problematic in the social networking sphere.  In another recent UK case a recruitment consultant moved confidential contact information to his LinkedIn account whilst employed at Hays Recruitment. This decision was one of the first to highlight the tension between businesses encouraging employees to use social networking websites for work but then claiming that the contacts and content remain confidential information at the end of their employment. 

“We are in a new era and it is time for every company to include a corporate social media policy alongside internet usage guidelines as part of their employment terms,” said Ronan Kavanagh CEO SpamTitan Technologies ‘Without a clear internet policy many employees are unaware of the implications of sharing information on sites like Linkedin and if appropriate protection is absent many employers risk being drawn into costly legal wrangles with employees as time goes on.”

“Companies need to get to a point where they are managing employee behaviour at the individual level,” continued Kavanagh.  “Our WebTitan Internet filtering software for example is helping customers manage Internet usage in granular detail, thereby improving network security and reducing bandwidth demands in an easy-to-use, flexible and affordable way.”

WebTitan allows users to create and apply different policies to a limitless number of different workgroups.  It is possible to create flexible policies and permissions for different individuals, groups or departments within an organisation. WebTitan has a dynamic database that is updated daily with new blacklisted sites. The categorization database along with the anti-malware protection automatically update in the background at periodic intervals set by the administrator. Featuring extensive and customizable keyword filtering and comprehensive reporting, WebTitan has minimal impact on resources so as to help companies meet the challenge of staying secure in the fast changing world of social networking as cost effectively as possible.

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About Purdy FitzGerald
Purdy FitzGerald Solicitors are a dedicated Business Law Firm offering specialist legal advice in the areas of employment law, corporate and commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution and private client.

About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of CopperFasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com.

SpamTitan ranked industry No.1 at blocking spam in Virus Bulletin’s January 2010 test

Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland – 11 January 2010: SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage spam and web filtering software, today announced that it has again outperformed the leading industry brands in the latest Virus Bulletin Spam awards. In comparative tests featuring 15 of its nearest rivals, SpamTitan combined the highest spam catch rate with a very low false positive ratio.  This result earned SpamTitan the much coveted Virus Bulletin Award along with strong independent endorsement for its highly effective and easy to use spam filtering solution.  

Virus Bulletin regularly conducts rigorous testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products to ensure the worldwide IT security industry stays equipped to protect users from the latest Internet threats.  SpamTitan, which runs as a virtual machine under VMware, was taking part in the Virus Bulletin test for only the second time.  In November 2009 SpamTitan picked up an award for the highest spam catch rate at the first attempt.  In January’s test SpamTitan again outperformed some of the industry’s best known brands including McAfee, MailMarshal, BitDefender, Fortinet and Symantec.

 “In recent years, e-mail spam has grown from a mere nuisance into a multi-million dollar business for criminals and the business consequences of not blocking spam effectively can be very damaging,” said Ronan Kavanagh CEO. “Unlike many of our rivals, SpamTitan does not require customers to choose between preventing large volumes of spam on the one hand or prescribing a low rate of false positives on the other – with SpamTitan they get both.

“We are seeing a growing number of new customers moving away from other solutions,” he added.  “These independent test results prove that our hard work to ensure our customers receive the best possible protection from spam and viruses at an extremely competitive price is paying off.”

Two new categories of spam were added to the January test: those of ‘image spam’ and ‘large spam’. The former consisted of spam emails that contained at least one embedded image while the latter consisted of spam emails comprising a body size of at least 50,000 bytes. Both types of emails are notoriously difficult to filter, especially using traditional content scanning methods.

Martijn Grooten, author of the Virus Bulletin Anti-spam comparitive review stated that:  ‘the detailed results show that neither large spam nor spam containing images are a problem for (SpamTitan) and, as there were few false positives it earns a Virus Bulletin Spam award with the second highest final score’.

SpamTitan selected in the Security category of Virtualization.Admin Readers Choice Awards

Boston & Galway Nov  26, 2009 – Leading Virtualisation resource site  VirtualizationAdmin.com today announced that SpamTitan was selected in the Security category of their Readers’ Choice Awards.

The  Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to VirtualisationAdmin.com  the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category. VirtualisationAdmin.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various solutions in the virtualization sphere at the workplace. 

“SpamTitan anti-spam software continues to successfully help thousands of companies worldwide to rid users’ inboxes of spam, viruses and other email threats’ said Ronan Kavanagh CEO of SpamTitan Technologies. We are honoured to be recognized by VirtualisationAdmin.com  and its readers for delivering industry-leading anti-spam products. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry  it also demonstrates our ability to consistently and effectively address today’s top security challenges for a more secure enterprise. We are thrilled to accept this award from such a distinguished group of industry experts.” 

SpamTitan for Vmware was launched in 2006, it is a complete operating system and software suite designed to run on VMware. Using VMware®, this enables businesses to run SpamTitan on any server irrespective of the operating system. When companies deploy SpamTitan using Vmware they enjoy all the benefits of virtualization. For small businesses  this gives high availability, performance and the reliability of VMware with cost-effective packages designed for small IT environments. For medium and enterprise businesses  the solution allows for increased IT control through service level automation, dramatically reducing capital and operating costs and maximizing IT efficiency.

SpamTitan wins Gold in Virus Bulletin Anti-spam awards

SpamTitan has achieved a Gold award on its first time to participate in the Virus Bulletin Anti-Spam Test. The Virus Bulletin is an independent global publication specific to the field of viruses and related malware. SpamTitan is the first anti-spam solution that runs on a virtual machine to take part in the Virus Bulletin test – demonstrating that SpamTitan is both an innovative and high quality product.

Virus Bulletin’s Anti-spam Test Director Martijn Grooten said in relation to SpamTitan  “I was particularly charmed by the simple, yet accurate explanations of the various anti-spam rules.  The fact that this approach worked well to block spam can be seen from the spam catch rate – which was among the highest in this test.  At the same time, the product had a very low false positive rate, missing out on a platinum award by just a single email; a VBSpam Gold award is more than deserved.”

There was an increase in the number of products tested this month, and the benchmarks used for this test were stricter than in previous tests. To be the first virtual anti-spam solution tested in the Virus Bulletin anti-spam test and to come away with a gold award and a glowing recommendation is a testament to the quality of the SpamTitan anti-spam solution.

SpamTitan is named in the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards

Oct 26, 2009 – Leading Windows Networking resource site, WindowsNetworking.com, announced today that Spam Titan was selected as runner up in the Anti Spam hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards.

 “Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowsNetworking.com manager. “WindowsNetworking.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various solutions for Enterprise Networking at the workplace.  The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.

 SpamTitan anti-spam software continues to successfully help thousands of companies worldwide to rid users’ inboxes of spam, viruses and other email threats’ said Ronan Kavanagh CEO of SpamTitan Technologies.  We are honoured to be recognized by Windows Networking.com and its readers for delivering industry-leading anti-spam products. Being named once again in this award demonstrates our ability to consistently and effectively address today’s top security challenges for a more secure enterprise. We are thrilled to accept this award from such a distinguished group of industry experts.”

WindowsNetworking.com conducts monthly polls to discover which product is preferred by network administrators in a particular category of third party solutions for Enterprise Networking. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes. WindowsNetworking.com visitors can submit their votes for the current Readers’ Award poll in the site’s left-hand bar.

 

About Spam Titan ISO

SpamTitan antispam provides the most comprehensive solution to email threats on the market today. Our antispam software allows you to create an email appliance, real or virtual server for your gateway offering protection from Viruses, Spam, Malware, Phishing and unwanted content. The solution uses best of breed technologies to provide an easily installed, easily managed and highly secure solution for your email.

 

SpamTitan ISO is a complete SpamTitan operating system and software suite image. When installed, it will clear any existing operating system, replacing it with its own and the SpamTitan software suite resulting in a dedicated SpamTitan email appliance for your gateway.

Features

  • Full SpamTitan OS and software can be downloaded for free as an image file and then burned to CD for installation
  • No Operating System Requirements
  • Full SpamTitan Software suite including anti-spam, anti-virus, content control, web interface.
  • Easy to install, simple to configure, up and running in minutes
  • Low maintenance overhead, fully automated updating
  • 30 Day Free Support

An impressive aspect of SpamTitan is that  SpamTitan can be implemented in two ways : downloaded as an ISO CD-ROM image for installation on a standalone server; or as a virtual machine for VM Ware, regardless of the operating system.


SpamTitan, the global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, offers small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, Phishing, Malware and other unwanted content. SpamTitan’s unique approach in utilizing next-generation virtualization software, eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price.

 

 Integrating best of breed technologies, SpamTitan provides an easy to install, easy to manage and highly secure email gateway. SpamTitan, a division of CopperFasten, is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit, www.spamtitan.com.

 

About WindowsNetworking.com

WindowsNetworking.com (http://WindowsNetworking.com) is a Microsoft Windows Networking resource site. It is a leading Enterprise Networking site, attracting over 650,000 Network administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest Windows Networking services, articles and tutorials by leading Windows Networking experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews.

 

WindowsNetworking.com forms part of a group of sites run by TechGenix Ltd., including

http://www.windowsecurity.com, a Windows security resource site;

http://www.msexchange.org, a Microsoft Exchange Server resource site; http://www.msterminalservices.org, a Server Based Computing resource site and  http://www.isaserver.org, a Microsoft ISA Server resource site

 

 

SpamTitan features in High Tech Views

SpamTitan has been featured by High Tech Views, a premier publication focused on high tech markets across multiple verticals.This article highlight the experience of a SpamTitan customer HBC who are a large ISP offering managed mail services  throughout the US and Canada. The HBC case study titled “ISP Deploys SpamTitan to Filter Email for Thousands of Users” highlights SpamTitans unparalleled protection and easy Administration. Read more
 

SpamTitan features in IT Web

Galway,Boston, MA,Sep 2009 – SpamTitan has been featured in leading South African web security publication IT Web. SpamTitan  was recently selected by WineNet (Wine.co.za) to help rid the South African wine industry of those unwanted pestering mails.
 
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